2021 ENCATC Fellowship Award

Dea Vidović is a Senior Research Assistant in the Culture and Communication Department of the Institute for Development and International Relations. A former Director (2012-2024) of the Kultura Nova Foundation, a Croatian public foundation dedicated to advancing contemporary arts and culture within civil society, Dea Vidović has a background in Comparative Literature and Indology. She obtained her PhD in the cultural policy field from the University of Zagreb in 2012. With her experience as a cultural manager, policymaker, journalist, editor, researcher, and trainer in cultural management and policy, she has developed a deep understanding of the complexities of culture and development. She participated as an advisor, researcher, or coordinator of European research projects and published numerous academic papers and professional articles in Croatian and international journals and books. She has extensive experience in teaching cultural policy at the university level, conducting training programs at the local, national, and international levels, and designing and organizing capacity-building programs tailored to the cultural and creative professionals' needs. She has been engaged in the governing of international networks, including Philea Arts & Culture Funders Forum (2020-2024), İzmir Mediterranean Academy (2023-2024), ENCATC European Network on Cultural Management and Policy (2017-2023), and Global Cultural Relations (2022).